Pembroke v. Allenstown
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit, fox' the support of Timothy Ayer, a pauper, supported by Pembroke, but alleged to have a settlement in Allenstown, and to be by law chargeable to that town.
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Assumpsit, fox' the support of Timothy Ayer, a pauper, supported by Pembroke, but alleged to have a settlement in Allenstown, and to be by law chargeable to that town. It is admitted that the settlement of the pauper was formerly in Allenstown, and that town is by law chargeable with his support, unless he gained a new settlement in Pembroke, under the following circumstances. * In 1838, the said Timothy Ayer, now a pauper, as aforesaid, sold a farm in Allenstown, owned by him in his own right, for $1,000. With $700, part of the proceeds, he shortly after purchased a farm in Pembroke, to…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, J.
It is conceded, that Ayer the pauper, in 1888, had his settlement in Allenstown.
It is claimed, however, on the part of Allenstown, that Ayer has, since that time, gained a settlement in Pembroke, according to the 4th mode of acquiring settlements provided by 1 N. H. Laws, ch. 3, § 4, page 301. By that statute it is provided, that “ any person of the age of twenty-one years, having real estate of the value of one hundred and fifty dollars, or personal estate of the value of two hundred and fifty dollars, in the town in which he dwells and has his home, and for the term of four years in…
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